tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post6219790363475026548..comments2024-02-16T22:05:32.773+02:00Comments on LotFP: RPG: Lulu: Absolute and Complete DogshitJimLotFPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-60096238317743668442009-05-31T20:20:14.235+03:002009-05-31T20:20:14.235+03:00>>Isn't the DON'T BUY THIS BOOK from...>>Isn't the DON'T BUY THIS BOOK from Chris Gonnerman himself? I have seen this notice for some time and I think that he wants people to download it first.<br /><br />Yeah, and the point is his Lulu storefront was set up that way by him, as he wished, including the information that the book is available to be downloaded for free.<br /><br />None of that information made it over to Amazon.<br /><br />I would have expected him to be rather displeased with this sort of thing, but apparently not.JimLotFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02992397707040836366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-42820408085537381002009-05-31T19:18:32.041+03:002009-05-31T19:18:32.041+03:00Isn't the DON'T BUY THIS BOOK from Chris G...Isn't the DON'T BUY THIS BOOK from Chris Gonnerman himself? I have seen this notice for some time and I think that he wants people to download it first.<br /><br />That said, I disagree with them shilling people's work on Amazon without the knowledge of the publisher. What does one do with extra income they aren't sure of its provinence? I made this comment on the S&W forum when Matt mentioned that this was happening to S&W. I would be concerned about a business that makes moves like this without telling you. What else are they doing that publishers don't know about?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-51772087574454731242009-05-30T23:34:27.674+03:002009-05-30T23:34:27.674+03:00Magcloud (http://magcloud.com/) may work if your p...Magcloud (http://magcloud.com/) may work if your product is viable in a color magazine formatPaulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09327465168474551966noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-16692637659109326052009-05-28T06:28:29.991+03:002009-05-28T06:28:29.991+03:00Rather than involve Lulu, I'm wondering if Amazon'...Rather than involve Lulu, I'm wondering if Amazon's CreateSpace service would be an easier affair? PDF production is still new to me...Lee Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06698873084592329937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-41824283470402130432009-05-27T20:10:47.957+03:002009-05-27T20:10:47.957+03:00I'm not pissed at them about it (all my stuff ...I'm not pissed at them about it (all my stuff went up, too), but the way they did it was a disaster. Only an opt-out after the book's already posted? Some peoples' private unpublished files were listed as available? No warning that it was going to be done? There are a lot of publishers for whom an Amazon listing is a bad thing, depending on their market, pricing, topic, whatever.<br /><br />For me, it provides one benefit that international purchasers can, I think, get a much better shipping rate despite the 30% markup. Other than that, though, it's irrelevant to me. If you know all the search terms you'd have to input to find Swords & Wizardry ... you already know it's up on lulu. I suppose some people might have a psychological willingness to order from amazon instead of lulu, too.<br /><br />In general, though, lulu is pissing me off more and more, too. In my case, it's got to do with how they're handling a couple of error messages where some files aren't reading on their outside-the-USA printing presses. I think it's because those presses won't read a pdf not produced using Adobe Acrobat.<br /><br />And if that's not lame and weak enough, they are claiming that they've shut down sales of that book across the board instead of shutting it off only overseas. And it doesn't appear like they actually did that. And the saddle-stitch version of the same file seems to be printing just fine, thank-you-very-much. <br /><br />I'm making plans to shift lulu to the rump end of my distribution, instead of being the main gateway. They still offer a back-office and printing option that doesn't have a good competitor, but I'm not placing my whole project in their hands any more if I can avoid it.Matt Finchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07678557558458924177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-60488763329149568132009-05-27T14:33:15.663+03:002009-05-27T14:33:15.663+03:00I wonder if it would be worthwhile for all the sma...I wonder if it would be worthwhile for all the small game publishers of today to form a co-op to achieve those economy of scale savings.Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14288413687247212495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6670029344758253148.post-68888131788636232442009-05-27T13:55:38.620+03:002009-05-27T13:55:38.620+03:00It may be /legally/ on the level, but my reflexive...It may be /legally/ on the level, but my reflexive reaction to this is: "Shady, rent-seeking SOBs!"Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04072272223837426211noreply@blogger.com